Obi-Wan: Luke, you're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.

Speaking from the experience of a Dungeon Master who manages seven tables of weekly D&D Encounters public play using the playtest materials, it's much less confusing to just cut through the reverse engineering and say "the pregens don't use feats."

If you refer to my original response, I stated that the pregens weren't missing anything—I understand that the benefits are built-in.

The pregen rogues seem to have skill mastery, which was removed a long time ago.

Thanks! I rolled up my first Forest Gnome Rogue last night and used the Halfling as a template. Spent far too much time trying to figure out where that listing came from...

The 060713 1st Level Halfling Rogue uses the Treasure Hunter Specialties package but swaps out Use Magic Item with Open Locks, resulting in the Iconic Thief. (I was actually shocked that the Thief Speciality didn't contain both Disarm Traps and Open Locks!)